धर्म

Hindi

noun
Definitions
  • religion, faith
  • virtue, righteousness; morality
  • duty

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धर्म (that which upholds supports, law, morality, duty, religion, code, statute, justice, ordinance, regulation, religious duty, dharma, virtue, precept, rule, etc, that which upholds support) derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰármas derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (hold, support, dirty, dull, bear, roar, hod, hum, drone) root from Sanskrit धृ (bear).

Origin

Sanskrit

धृ

Gloss

bear

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
🐨 🐻‍❄️

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